Welcome to the Wonderful World of Geography Schedule

Notes
This is, thus far, the only schedule that the author has provided input for its creation. A special thanks, therefore, goes to Brenda Runkle for not only creating the book, but for her knowledge and expertise in the creation of this schedule.
I’m breaking this into two parts. The first part, “World Physical Geography” is based solely on the book and Teacher’s Guide.
The second part, “Map work” consists of her suggestions for learning countries. Note that under Map work, the first day is for quizzing the student on their country knowledge thus far. The remaining time is to be used to build on their knowledge. Please not only learn the country’s name and location, but the spelling of it as well. Quizzes covering the map work will occur every Monday. However, if the continent is being tested on all its countries it will be counted as a test.
Good, free, outline maps can be found in a variety of places on the web. (Look under “blank outline map”.) Three sites that you may appreciate are:
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/maps.htm
http://www.craftmap-us.box-i.net/
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
Mrs. Runkle suggests an Atlas, preferably the Nystrom Desk Atlas (ISBN 0-7825-0349-7), for use in this course.
I just looked it up and you can pick up a new copy at their website for ~$18 (plus shipping/ handling / tax). (ETA: I picked up a copy – it’s worth it, and there are lots of little tidbits there, and each continent has an “issues-today” section for extra thought.)
  • Enrichment activities are included and left up to the instructor to determine how to apply them to your own course. (These will be designated by the exclamation bullet, and will be found in the “Notes” section.)
One item that is occasionally done is Map all the ____ in the world (deserts, mountains. . .). Maybe you’d like to do this on transparency paper and overlay them as they are done? Just a thought.
Good websites: (Oh, and by the way, I can’t guarantee the “stability” of websites. . .)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
umm, I guess I listed the rest in the notes of the schedule instead of here like I originally planned to. . .

Week 1 – Schedule

Date: / Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 / Day 4 / Day 5
Geography
World Physical Geography / Les. 1, pgs. 2-6; Earth’s place in space. HOA – centrifugal force and eclipse. / Les. 2, pgs. 7 & 10; How many continents are there? / Pgs. 8-9; HOA – World Map. (Need to keep for next lesson.)
Map work / QUIZ * / Learn: Strait of Gibraltar, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mediterranean Sea and Suez Canal
Notes
HOA (Hands On Activity), pg. 3 – pencil, string, eraser
HOA pg. 4 – lamp, baseball, basketball
HOA pg. 8-9 – copy of page 9, scissors, pencil notebook paper
Students are expected to know the vocabulary, as well as answer the review questions.
* HA! Caught you off guard with a quiz on the first day of class, didn’t I? This is a “baseline” quiz. It’s to allow both student and instructor a chance to know where you are “coming from” (geographically speaking). Your teacher will supply you with a blank world map. Because this is a baseline quiz (and not graded), I want you to identify and label the following, from your memory.
(As I’m writing the names here for you, please don’t misspell them!)
The 7 continents: North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica.
5 oceans: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Antarctic Ocean.
(Instructors can use the map here: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/world_cont.pdf )
Week 2 – Schedule
Date: / Day 6 / Day 7 / Day 8 / Day 9 / Day 10
Geography
World Physical Geography / Les. 3, pgs. 11, 13-14; The relative puts you in your place! / Pgs. 11-12; HOA – Relative Location of Continents / Les. 4, pgs. 15-18; Where are the oceans?
Map work / QUIZ
___ / 8 / Learn: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Gulf of Aden
Notes
HOA pg. 11-12 – Use parts from previous HOA lesson (pgs. 8-9).
  • These particular countries in Africa are undergoing terrible civil war. Go on the internet and look up the problems on the Sudan. What is the role of history in this problem? You may find this site interesting: http://www.lostboyschicago.com/.

Week 3 – Schedule
Date: / Day 11 / Day 12 / Day 13 / Day 14 / Day 15
Geography
World Physical Geography / Study for Chapter 1 test / TEST - Chapter 1; Our Planet Earth
____/ 100 / Les. 5, pgs. 20-27; What you see is not always what you get! (Reading only)
Map work / QUIZ
___ / 14 / Learn: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania
Notes
  • These particular countries in Africa are undergoing terrible civil war. Go on the internet and look up the genocide that occurred in Uganda and Rwanda.

Week 4 – Schedule
Date: / Day 16 / Day 17 / Day 18 / Day 19 / Day 20
Geography
World Physical Geography / Pgs. 20-27; Discuss questions & vocabulary. Pg. 23 HOA – Great Circle Routes / Pgs. 28-29, CTA – Great Circle Routes / Les. 6, pgs. 30-32 and 36; How do you read a map?
Map work / QUIZ
___ / 19 / Learn: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar.
Notes
HOA – globe, long piece of string, two push pins (or blu-tack), flat world map (non-Mercator projection)
CTA (Critical Thinking Activity) – globe, chart in book.
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo was previously known as Zaire, and has just had “successful elections” in 2007 seen here: http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html

Week 5 – Schedule
Date: / Day 21 / Day 22 / Day 23 / Day 24 / Day 25
Geography
World Physical Geography / Pg. 32; HOA - Classroom Map / Pgs. 33-35; CTA – Walking Tour of DC / Les. 7, pgs. 37, 38, 42; When do two jacks equal one gill?
Map work / QUIZ
___ / 25 / Learn: Swaziland, Lesotho, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Angola.
Notes
HOA – paper, pencil
CTA – Just your book, unless you live close. . . Then, it’s time for a field trip!
Week 6 – Schedule
Date: / Day 26 / Day 27 / Day 28 / Day 29 / Day 30
Geography
World Physical Geography / Pgs. 38-41; CTA – Conversion to Metric Measurements / Study for Chapter 2 test / TEST – Chapter 2; Maps and Their Uses
____ / 100
Map work / QUIZ
___ / 31 / Learn: Congo Republic, Central African Republic, Chad, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon
Notes
Week 7 – Schedule
Date: / Day 31 / Day 32 / Day 33 / Day 34 / Day 35
Geography
World Physical Geography / Les. 8, pgs. 44-46; Defined by the lines, map grids. Pg. 45; HOA – Polar Map / Les. 9, pgs. 47-49; This Cancer is not a disease! Pg. 49; HOA – Parallels of Latitude / Les. 10, pgs. 50-54; ‘Round and ‘round we go
Map work / QUIZ
___ / 37 / Learn: Niger, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana
Notes
Week 8 – Schedule
Date: / Day 36 / Day 37 / Day 38 / Day 39 / Day 40
Geography
World Physical Geography / Pg. 51; HOA - Rotation and Revolution. Pg. 52; HOA – Understanding Artic Days and Nights, Understanding Seasons / Study for Chapter 3 test / TEST – Chapter 3; Latitude and Climate
____ / 100
Map work / QUIZ
___ / 42 / Learn: Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau
Notes
Week 9 – Schedule
Date: / Day 41 / Day 42 / Day 43 / Day 44 / Day 45
Geography
World Physical Geography / Les. 11, pgs. 56-58; If it is Sunday in Los Angeles, it must be Monday in Tokyo. / Les. 12, pgs. 59-61 & 63; Right day, Wrong Time. Stood up! / Pg. 61; CTA – What Time Is It? Pg. 62; HOA – Longitude
Map work / QUIZ
___ / 48 / Learn: Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean
Notes
Week 10 – Schedule
Date: / Day 46 / Day 47 / Day 48 / Day 49 / Day 50
Geography
World Physical Geography / Les. 13, pgs. 64-65 & 67-68; Right day, right time, wrong hemisphere. Stood up again! / Pg. 66, CTA – Time and Day / Pg. 67; HOA – Now Let’s Fly to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Map work / TEST - Africa
___ / 55 / Learn: Iceland, Scotland, England, Wales, North Ireland and Ireland, Irish Sea, English Channel.
Notes
  • What is the difference between North Ireland and Ireland? What do we call these islands? What exactly is the Kingdom of Great Britain?

Week 11 – Schedule
Date: / Day 51 / Day 52 / Day 53 / Day 54 / Day 55
Geography
World Physical Geography / Study for Chapter 4 test / TEST – Chapter 4; Prime Time Longitude
____ / 100 / Les. 14, pgs. 70-75; Do we know for sure? Pg. 73; HOA – Earth Layers, Mountain Roots
Map work / QUIZ
___ / 8 / Learn: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Norwegian Sea, North Sea, Baltic Sea.
Notes
  • The North Atlantic Drift brings warm water from the equator all the way to the western coasts of Norway, keeping the ports open year round. Russia has coveted Norway for this reason. Norway, Sweden and Finland make up what?

Week 12 – Schedule
Date: / Day 56 / Day 57 / Day 58 / Day 59 / Day 60
Geography
World Physical Geography / Les. 15, pgs. 76-80; Earth’s changing face / Les. 16, pgs. 81-86; The coming and going of continents / Les. 16 (cont.), pg. 87; Are you worth your salt?
Map work / QUIZ
___ / 15 / Learn: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Denmark
Notes
  • Check out Earth’s Active Volcanoes: http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/world.html
  • Plate tectonics: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tecmech.html (article) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/ (activity)
  • Please note Kaliningrad Oblast (found between Lithuania and Poland). This is a geographically separated “city” belonging to Russia (its one good “winter-time” port).

Week 13 – Schedule
Date: / Day 61 / Day 62 / Day 63 / Day 64 / Day 65
Geography
World Physical Geography / Les. 17, pgs. 88-94; Earthquakes / Study for Chapter 5 test / TEST – Chapter 5; Journey to the Center of the Earth
____ / 100
Map work / QUIZ
___ / 21 / Learn: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Monaco and Andorra
Notes
  • Care to find out what happened due to the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake? What about identifying potential “danger zones” that could be caused by earthquakes or volcanoes?
  • Spain and Portugal lie on the Iberian Peninsula separated from France by the Pyrenees Mountains. The Basque people live in these mountains and are trying to gain their independence from Spain. What can you tell us about these people and their culture?

Week 14 – Schedule
Date: / Day 66 / Day 67 / Day 68 / Day 69 / Day 70
Geography
World Physical Geography / Les. 18, pgs. 96-102; From the mountains. . . / Les. 19, pgs. 103-105; Mountain formation. Pgs. 106-107, Yellowstone. * / Pg. 108, HOA – Topographic Map
Map work / QUIZ
___ / 29 / Learn: Italy (Sicily, Sardinia), (Corsica), Vatican City, Malta, San Marino
Notes
  • Let’s map the major mountain regions of the world. You need a blank world map, and your atlas. Discuss mountains as barriers to migration as well as weather, location of natural resources, etc.
  • What caused “the year without a summer”?
* Yellowstone National Park website – you can even see a live cam of Old Faithful. http://www.nps.gov/yell
  • Please note that Sicily and Sardinia are part of Italy; however they are big enough to warrant learning. Corsica is part of France

Week 15 – Schedule
Date: / Day 71 / Day 72 / Day 73 / Day 74 / Day 75
Geography
World Physical Geography / Les. 20, pgs. 110-115; Volcanoes (read till reaching heading, “Iceland”) / Les. 20, pgs. 115-122; Volcanoes, continued / Pgs. 120-121; HOA – Mapping Volcanoes
Map work / QUIZ
___ / 36 / Learn: Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Hungry.
Notes
  • Feel free to look up Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Fuji and other stratovolcanoes. Let’s throw in some fumaroles to look at as well (i.e. Black Growler steam vents in WY).
  • The Czech Republic and Slovakia make an interesting comparison between our industrial North and agricultural South here in the US (circa 1860s).

Week 16 – Schedule
Date: / Day 76 / Day 77 / Day 78 / Day 79 / Day 80
Geography
World Physical Geography / Study for Chapter 6 test / TEST – Chapter 6; Mountain Building
____ / 100 / Les. 21, pgs. 124-127; Water world
Map work / QUIZ
___ / 42 / Learn: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia.
Notes
  • These countries used to be part of Yugoslavia until the fall of the Soviet Union. Want to take a look at the dissolution of the former country and its ensuing civil war?

Week 17 – Schedule
Date: / Day 81 / Day 82 / Day 83 / Day 84 / Day 85
Geography
World Physical Geography / Les. 22, pgs. 128-134; Where’s the water / Les. 23, pgs. 135-139; Where the water is not, deserts of the world. Pg. 139; HOA – Water Cycle / Pgs. 140-141; Misuse of the Aral Sea
Map work / QUIZ
___ / 48 / Learn: Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea
Notes
  • You need a blank world map. Draw in deserts of the world. http://www.livingdesert.org/deserts/world_deserts.asp Once you see the common denominators of deserts it is easy to understand why they are where they are.
  • Discuss responsibility in disposing of hazardous waste.
  • Did you know that in Albania women were forced to have children who were then put in orphanages and fed with IVs? Because the needles were used over and over there is an extremely high incidence of AIDS among this young population. The ruling dictator thought by increasing the population he would have a larger population to work and fight for him.
  • Silly Tidbit: While you always want more dessert (2 “s”s), you’d not be very keen on the desert (1 “s”).